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EDNA FERBER, the John Gunther of our novelists, has advanced her campaigning field from Texas to Alaska. In her new book, "Ice Palace," she has a territory twice as big as Texas to guntherize. She makes the most of it with unflagging zeal among the mountains, the snows and the seals.View Full Article in Timesmachine »

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